Adding a description

You can add a description for your blog by inserting a content gadget ahead of the blog gadget. Within the content gadget, you can add a title and description, and format them using text styles. For more information on adding and formatting text, see Using the content editor.

Blog gadget settings

Using the gadget's settings, you can control its appearance and behavior, including what kinds of visitors who can read, comment on, and add blog posts.

By clicking on the RSS icon, visitors to your site can subscribe and be automatically notified of updates to the blog in their RSS reader. If your blog appears on a page with restricted access, the RSS feed will not be accessible to your RSS reader.

Controls whether the blog displays the complete content for each blog post, or just a short excerpt from each post. Below each excerpt would be a Read more link that the reader can click to view the full blog post. Alternatively, the reader could click the topic title.

Access permissions

Controls what different kinds of visitors to the blog can do. You can set access permissions separately for public visitors, and for each membership level and member group. If you restrict permissions by both membership levels and member groups, then members will be granted the highest permission assigned to the levels and groups they belong to. You can choose from the following permission settings:

– Read: Can read posts, but cannot comment on or add posts. – Read, comment: Can read posts and comment on them, but cannot add new posts. – Read, comment, add posts: Can read posts, comment on them, and add new posts.

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Public visitors (non-members) can never create new posts. Administrators in admin view can always view and comment on posts, modify and delete posts, and add new posts. In public view, administrators are subject to the same restrictions as others at the same membership level.

Margins

The amount of space – in pixels – that appears outside the gadget. You can set top, bottom, left, and right margins separately.

Advanced

Within the Advanced section, you can enter CSS code or classes to further control the appearance and behavior of the gadget. For more information, see Advanced gadget settings.